Dr. Robert Enright

May 14, 2026

Dr. Robert Enright is a member of the Catholic Church. He is a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, a licensed psychologist, and the founder of the International Forgiveness Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to disseminating knowledge about forgiveness and community renewal through forgiveness.

His International Forgiveness Institute organized the Jerusalem Conference on Forgiveness for the Renewal of Individuals, Families, and Communities at the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, 2017; the Rome Conference on Forgiveness at the University of Santa Croce, 2018; and the International Educational Conference on Love and Forgiveness in Madison, Wisconsin, 2022.

For his innovative research on forgiveness, he received the American Psychological Association’s Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology.